Inspired by the new Downton Abbey trailer. Mary is in the south of France on a trip with her family when she runs into a familiar man with a mysterious past. This is basically my wish for one of the plots of the DA2 movie.

Inspired by an interview with the casting director of the new movie a new era where she considered Dan Stevens for the role of Jack Barber for a quick minute. There are no spoilers to the movie here. Jack Barber arrives at Downton to lookover the house in hopes of filming a movie there. He has piercing blue eyes and Mary is stunned.

How dare he? He really was full of himself. She would just have to make sure he knew where she stood. Some of Mary's thoughts after meeting Matthew for the first time at Crawley House. Continuing with Mary's pov on subsequent events. a bit au.

Just suppose Cora had never lost the baby and she gave birth to a son, the heir of Downton. How would this change have impacted Mary and Matthew and their other romantic relationships during the war (season 2)? An AU